Global InformationAl Ahly SC information
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| Full name | Al Ahly Football Club | |||
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| Short name | ASC, AFC, AHL | |||
| Founded | 24 April 1907 | |||
| Ground | Cairo International Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 75,700 | |||
| Chairman | Mahmoud El Khatib | |||
| Manager | Marcel Koller | |||
| League | Egyptian Premier League | |||
| 2022–23 | Egyptian Premier League, 1st of 18 (champions) | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Al Ahly Sporting Club (Arabic: النادي الأهلي الرياضي), commonly known as Al Ahly, is an Egyptian professional sports club based in Cairo, Egypt. The club is mainly known for its professional football team which currently plays in the Egyptian Premier League, the highest tier in the Egyptian football league system. The club is renowned for its consistent success at both domestic and continental levels, regularly contending in CAF tournaments.
Founded on 24 April 1907 as a gathering place for Cairo's Student Unions, Al Ahly has a record of 43 Egyptian Premier League titles, 39 Egypt Cup titles and 14 Egyptian Super Cups. Al Ahly is the most successful club in Africa.[1]
In international competitions, the club has won a record 11 CAF Champions League titles, 1 CAF Confederation Cup, a record of 8 CAF Super Cups, a record of 4 African Cup Winners' Cups, 1 Afro-Asian Club Championship, 1 Arab Club Champions Cup, 1 Arab Cup Winners' Cup, a record of 2 Arab Super Cups, and has won 4 bronze medals in the FIFA Club World Cup. With 25 official continental titles, Al Ahly was voted by CAF as the African club of the 20th century.[2]
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- ^ "The 15 Most Successful Football Clubs in Africa". Speeli.com. 29 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Team profile". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 15 February 2022.